Pádraig McCarthy; Augustine is often credited ....
Pádraig, I have been thinking a lot about Augustine recently. Is he really the man who invented the whole idea of Original Sin?
I have been readi
Augustine is often credited with and/or blamed for “Just War theory.”
His writing on this must be taken in the context of his theology, and of the realities of his historical situation in the Roma
#6 & #7
1 John 4:4 'Children, you are from God and have overcome them, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.'
'They who have been overcome' are the 'the spirits in the
This seems heartless and uncaring. I watched the funeral online, and thought it was prayerful and intimate, and the weather was good. Tony did say that it was held in the house due to circumstances ou
One other point: Francis should delegate his response to critics to a spokesperson, as Joe Biden does with the adroit Jaen Psaki.
Hitting out in a subjective way leads to this sort of contretemps: ht
I think the devil may well be at work in the new translation of the liturgy, as when this morning the clunky Collect reads 'make those hastening to attain your promises heirs to the treasures of heave
Excellent Brendan.
The reader is continuously led to consider the values of the writer throughout this piece. No matter who wrote it the reader would be pointed that way.
It expresses those value
@Sean #3
Very thoughtful comment as usual.
To paraphrase:
When the Pope refers to the Devil it means that instead of blaming and ‘demonising’ individuals he can name the pattern, whatever it is t
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September 21 2021Pádraig McCarthy; Augustine is often credited .... Pádraig, I have been thinking a lot about Augustine recently. Is he really the man who invented the whole idea of Original Sin? I have been readi
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September 19 2021Brendan Cafferty. You have hit the nail on the head.
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September 21 2021Augustine is often credited with and/or blamed for “Just War theory.” His writing on this must be taken in the context of his theology, and of the realities of his historical situation in the Roma
America Magazine: Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
September 21 2021#6 & #7 1 John 4:4 'Children, you are from God and have overcome them, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.' 'They who have been overcome' are the 'the spirits in the
Funeral Mass of Geraldine Flannery RIP – role of AB Michael Neary
September 19 2021This seems heartless and uncaring. I watched the funeral online, and thought it was prayerful and intimate, and the weather was good. Tony did say that it was held in the house due to circumstances ou
America Magazine: Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
September 21 2021One other point: Francis should delegate his response to critics to a spokesperson, as Joe Biden does with the adroit Jaen Psaki. Hitting out in a subjective way leads to this sort of contretemps: ht
America Magazine: Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
September 21 2021I think the devil may well be at work in the new translation of the liturgy, as when this morning the clunky Collect reads 'make those hastening to attain your promises heirs to the treasures of heave
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September 24 2021Excellent Brendan. The reader is continuously led to consider the values of the writer throughout this piece. No matter who wrote it the reader would be pointed that way. It expresses those value
America Magazine: Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
September 21 2021@Sean #3 Very thoughtful comment as usual. To paraphrase: When the Pope refers to the Devil it means that instead of blaming and ‘demonising’ individuals he can name the pattern, whatever it is t
America Magazine: Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’
September 21 2021Good to see that Fr Iggy has given up the ould idolatry. For Augustine, Iggy's patron and mine, idolators were almost as bad as Donatists.
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